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Dumb Austin parking question amnesty, plz. We're going to see Lord Huron at the Moody on Thursday, and this is the first time I've ever paid for VIP anything. We get access to enter at 5p. I reserved parking at Garage R over by Scholz, but it doesn't officially start until 5p. My preference would be to get there early and get something to eat /drink at Scholz, then walk over to the venue by 5p. Will I be able to enter the garage between say 3-4p, or is it all state employee access until then? Do I need a different plan? It should be evident I haven't lived in Austin in a long time.
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Yeah, mine is finishing his up for this weekend. I've been doing my best to be as hands-off as possible while still being supportive, but it pains a Plan II grad that he doesn't want my help or editing of his essay or short answer questions. Gotta let that go, though. Since I haven't been all in his business, should he be able to tell in the Common App pretty easily which schools want an official SAT report? Sending those to a bunch of schools he's only kinda interested in seems like it would add up to almost as much as the damn application fees.
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We promised not to move to wherever he chooses to go to school, whether Mines, CU, or CSU. But we lie.
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My son's exact words. I was a successful dad in a few key areas.
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I got to go up to Colorado to do another round of college visits for my younger one and to visit the older one. I absolutely love the drive up there once you get out of Texas. I was blessed with an amazing sunset and this incredible thunderstorm between Ft. Sumner and Santa Rosa. Pics don't even come close to reality: Equinox Brewing in Ft. Collins is one of my happy places. The leaves sure do weird things up there: Gratuitous mountain pics. Sorry, they always look good on my phone but turn out to be way overprocessed otherwise. Short hike to a pretty amazing waterfall: Dear God, the weather was beautiful. Amazing to wake up to this but go out by the river, sit in the morning sun, and feel perfectly comfortable at 27deg: Pics of marginal trout are in the fishing thread, but including this little guy who was very displeased that I was taking up his spot. He proceeded to dip in the water and scare everything out of the hole (explaining my lack of trophy fish pics).
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Got to get up to the front range for college visits for the younger one, and then to visit the older one in Gunnison last week. God, I love it up there. Water was upper 40s, but I was still stupid Texan enough to wade in boots and neoprene socks. Worth it. Didn't do as well as last time, but I was still absolutely content to be out there. Best I came up with: This little guy was not pleased with my shitty fishing in his personal hole, and so decided to slip in and swim all through it, scaring away all the absolute units I was otherwise assuredly going to catch: Let's be honest, these were much more representative of my experience and skillset: When can I go back??
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Fair, I don't get out to a lot of shows, and I'm certainly not an audiophile. Maybe my hearing is going. Now get off my lawn.
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I thought the same about the sound for Leon. I haven't been to a ton of shows at the Moody, and I'm not really qualified to explain it, but it seems like bad sound there is more of a feature than a bug. The National sounded awful to me, too, and it got so acoustically tiring that we left both that show and Leon early. Between that and the floor seats feeling like sitting in Basic Economy on Spirit, I'm approaching being done with the Moody Center.
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This is me not saying, "that would be a positive turn of events."
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I guess I just feel that the sheer volume of it on stupid social media and relative lack of accountability allows the gradual ratcheting down and blurring of lines between what's intended as ironic humor and what's just racism veiled in humor. Particularly because the "humor" is usually really stupid and/or absurd either way. In other words, the dismal tide. But there I go just being old again. /principalskinner
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I don't disagree with you in principle, and my poorly organized thoughts don't convey it well, but I am mentally picturing the flood of brain rot on TikTok and what's considered within bounds to shout at your derrrp buddies while playing Helldivers. A "professional" comedian who will be held accountable socially and economically for their hot takes is another fair issue for discussion, but not what I was envisioning, but thank you, as I was very unclear.
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This is only partially related, but it brings up something that has been bothering me for a long time in my boys' peer groups and social media shithole, which is the rise of casual racism as a hilarious joke. I'm still wrestling with it, and in some ways it's similar to the shock humor I grew up with in terms of dead baby jokes, Garbage Pail Kids, and Andrew Dice Clay. Maybe I'm just showing that I'm an old, but it makes me very uncomfortable and concerned, and I try to explain that to them. On the one hand, I can hope that on a generational level, maybe it's "meta" and such behavior from previous generations (particularly their grandparents') is so ludicrous as to be amusing to them in an ironic way. So in one way, they think they're done with racism as a serious mode of thought, and feel comfortable having a laugh at that. /sweetsummerchild.gif On the other, that requires that the recipient be aware and intelligent enough to recognize it as such -- not instilling a whole lot of confidence in me. Mine are smart enough to get that but have grown up in a relatively small town without a lot of diversity, so it's been on me to help them to understand that a portion of their peer group can't make that distinction, and that their minority friends get stuck in the position of trying to laugh it off, but also having to know that segment of their "friends" goes home to see those attitudes modeled in a very real and unironic way. It just worries me that it gives them false confidence that the world they're going into has gotten over it, and it softens their resistance to racism by blurring the lines of what's "acceptable" humor and what's a foothold for things that we taught them were unacceptable. Well, look at me, I'm ramblin' again. These are ill-formed thoughts, but it's been making me uncomfortable and giving me, as they would say, the ick. I should have just said that yes, social media is the worst, and also, the dismal tide.
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With regard to recent events, let's hope he doesn't need an MRI or accompany any player who does. Not gonna post the video.
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Another for the Lord Huron fans. Never released on an album outside of a soundtrack and for some reason hard to even find a decent version on Youtube. I missed the year they played it at Red Rocks. I probably would have broken.
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@mdmost, About Today might be the saddest dad song of all the sad dad songs. This is overall one of the saddest albums I've heard, but this is the beautiful, heart-wrenching nadir: I'll add this too, although the video isn't what I got out of the song:
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She was just trying to help you out with your blood counts. Sorry for partying.
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I've done some research on that and he has already filed a restraining order.
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Thanks @mdmost and @Sawbonz for the reassurance. I should know better to listen to some of these folks, especially as we are surrounded by aggy, and they are usually talking about things like CS and engineering programs down there. Guess that's what happens when you overwhelm your school with volume and drown what you could potentially be good at as a university. I double checked and his main considerations at this points (CSU, CU, and Mines) all have non-binding early action dates no earlier than Nov. 1, so I'll calm my tits. I'll try to get him to make UT's 10/15, even though I'm not sure it'd be right for him if he got in. None of his favorites at this point are true early decision. Ain't that the truth. One reason we're really trying to let him figure out where he's going to love being and get involved academically and socially. Some of the smartest, best, and most successful rads I work with did their undergrad at places like Angelo State, Tech, and even LSU.
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Somebody smack me upside the head, remind me not to listen to idiots (well, other than y'all), and soothe my parental anxiety. We keep hearing people say that they need to get their applications in as soon as they can! Don't wait! Competitive degree programs will fill up! They gotta have their Dip-Tet right this very minute! Mine is pulling out of his back to school funk and getting back into the groove, but I'd rather him take the time to put together a good looking application/essays. Possibly even wait until he does some re-visits in mid-October. My understanding is that as long as he's submitted by the November 1 early deadlines, he's good to go. That's what all the websites say. Somebody please just tell me that's correct so I can blow this off. I'm getting PTSD from the psychotic youth select baseball parent anxiety I spent so much time trying to avoid.
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@troph I used to wade in Keens and get lots of that on the shins and ankles from the wee leeches. Although I felt goofy about it at first, I switched to my wading boots and gravel guards and it's no longer a big issue around here. As I understand, they mostly live in the muck at the bottom, and those provide enough coverage to reduce my chances of a good bloodletting. Traction is also way better, although I still eat it on that slick limestone more often than I'd like.
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Not sorry that I missed Snek. I almost missed @Jerry Callo as I was looking for Jerry Gallo, but fortunately everything worked out. My son and I had a great time despite not catching much of note, but it was great to get out and to meet some really cool folks in the San Gabriel club. Joined up and hoping to make some more trips. This was as good as it got for me today, and evidently I'm dead and/or turning into Grimace by the color of my hands. Nice spot here which got chest deep quickly, until I slipped and made it neck deep. At least the leeches here are tiny.
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At one point, I heard Rice was thinking about being tuition-free if you get in. An ugly realization I've had to make during this process is that outside of Austin, SA, and maybe San Marcos, there really aren't any places in Texas my boys have any interest in living and going to school.
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You know who else was just following orders?
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